teoyotl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

teoyotl

1. divinity.

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 8 November 2012

Etymology

From teōtl (“god”) +‎ -yōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈoː.joːt͡ɬ]

Noun

teōyōtl (inanimate)

1. Something divine or spiritual; divinity, spirituality.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 46r. col. 2:

     Diuina o eſpiritual coſa. teoyotl. / Diuina o eſpiritualmente. teoyotica. / Diuinidad. teoyotl.

     Something divine or spiritual. teoyotl. / Divinely or spiritually. teoyotica. / Divinity. teoyotl.

   • Idem, f. 101r. col. 1.

     Teoyotl. coſa ſpiritual,o coſa diunia.

     Teoyotl. something spiritual, or something divine.

2. (Christianity) sacrament
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 101r. col. 1:

     Teoyotl ycoualoca. ſimonia.

     Teoyotl ycoualoca. simony. [literally “the selling of spiritual things”]

Synonyms

• (something divine): teōyoh

Related terms

• teōyoh
• teōyōtica

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 228